Australis Motors

Australis Motors was an Australian automobile manufacturer based in Leichhardt from 1897 to 1907 and operated by GW & G. Wood .

Charles Highland designed a motorized tricycle. In 1897, with the support of his son Charles Highland junior, a four-wheeled automobile in the shape of a quadricycle followed . There was space for two people. A De Dion-Bouton engine powered the vehicle. This model was offered under the brand name Highland in 1897 .

In 1901 there was a two-seater buggy with a 3 hp single-cylinder engine and in 1906 there was a light buggy with a two-cylinder engine that developed 7 bhp (5.1 kW). Both were marketed as Australis .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Australis.
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 110-111. (English)
• Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 15 and 36 (English).

Web links

• Allcarindex for the Highland brand (accessed November 24, 2015)
• Allcarindex for the Australis brand (accessed November 24, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ^ David Burgess Wise: The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Automobiles